the family of five women will never be the same again after their loved ones died at the hands
of a serial killer in 2021. he's been dubbed as the shopping cart killer and what's terrifying
is there may be more victims in fact authorities are quite certain of it hi i'm linda and welcome
to the it's a crime where i cover true crime cases each week and love to dive into the details and
into the timelines this case is shocking and eye-opening especially in the world
of online dating it shows how a predator lures his victims to satisfy the dark side of him over
and over and over again this is the case of the shopping cart killer so now let's get into it
it was november 23rd 2021 the day the first two victims would be found in harrisonburg virginia
a city in the shenandoah valley and in 2016 won a few awards including being the number six favorite
town in america by travel and leisure and the third happiest mountain town by blue ridge country
magazine harrisonburg has a population of just over fifty thousand people fifty-four-year-old
elene elizabeth redmond also known as beth was a resident of harrisonburg beth struggled with
the death of her husband who died in 2017 but was beginning to move forward in her life and found
a new job and a new apartment her next thing on the list find companionship on october 24th
beth told a family member that she was going to watch the football game with a friend named ant
at the howard johnson hotel on linda lane in harrisonburg beth's daughter jessica never heard
the name of ant before her daughter said she told me she was watching football i asked her
where she was she said the howard johnson then when i asked who she was with she told me none
of my business and when i asked which room she said none of my business i figured she was out
with a friend and she just didn't want to tell me that's the last time anyone heard from beth again
her body was found on november 23rd in a vacant lot in harrisonburg in a shopping cart
her killer 35 year old anthony eugene robinson of washington dc aka ant anthony would meet his
victims on plenty of fish an online dating service and another one called tagged he would lure these
women to hotel rooms through these online dating apps he'd then kill them and transport them in a
red shopping cart chief kevin davis from the fairfax police department said he meets his
victims on dating sites then meets his victims at motels after he inflicts trauma to his victims and
kills them he transports their bodies to their final resting place literally in a shopping cart
and there's video to that effect jessica beth's daughter talked about beth and said she still had
a lot of life left in her she was lonely and so i mean i guess that might be the reason why she
had met up with this monster that took her away from us i knew that i had to lose my mom one day
but never did i imagine that it would be in a way like this it's the most hurtful thing that
anybody could ever ever experience he took her away from us and for what when i spoke to her on
the phone she didn't sound scared she didn't sound worried so apparently she trusted him in some way
i don't know how long she had been talking to him the very same day on november twenty third in the
same location as beth authorities found another woman thirty-nine-year-old tanita larise smith
from charlottesville virginia she went by nita she's the mother of six children she was last seen
on november 14th in the evening in charlottesville and found about an hour away from her home
authorities figure she was killed on november 14th and then she was reported missing on november 19th
nida is the second person in the family to go missing and killed in 2012 on november 20th
one of her family members went missing at only 19 years old and at first it was classified as a
missing person case but a few years later it was deemed as a homicide it's a case that is still
unsolved her family said we are heartbroken and trying to find ways to process this as the pain
hits extra hard as it happens during the same time of year when we are reminded that our beloved sage
smith disappeared not to return as of nine years ago the family is managing and struggling through
the pain of loss during this difficult time they are trying to ensure a sense of normalcy
for tonita's children as they are gripped with the reality of living without their mother the
next victims wouldn't be discovered until december 15th three weeks later 29 year old cheyenne brown
of southeast dc was four months pregnant and had a seven-year-old son she was chatting with anthony
on the dating site on september 30th cheyenne hopped a bus and met up with anthony at a metro
station in washington dc and then they went to a motel called the moon inn in alexandria virginia
it's said that anthony robinson stayed at that motel at least six times according to police
like the other women cheyenne also disappeared when authorities initially searched they didn't
find cheyenne nor did they find many leads but on december 15th they went back to the location
and something caught their eye a red shopping cart they remembered the harrisonburg murders
could it be in a wooded area just off route 1 and near the moon inn they found a container
and in it was cheyenne her family was able to identify her by recognizing her distinctive tattoo
cheyenne's mom nakandra brown is calling the shopping cart killer a monster and says it's
unbelievable how someone could do something like that to vulnerable women she said i'm so angry
i don't even have tears anymore i'm just like why would you do this to my daughter she didn't
deserve that now back to the container that cheyenne was found in near the shopping cart
she wasn't the only one in there yet another victim was found another woman anthony's fourth
victim 48 year old stephanie harrison was from reading california she traveled from california to
check out washington d.c in august and on august 19th she checked in at the moon inn motel like the
others she also disappeared a missing person's poster was created in september for stephanie
and on it it said that stephanie checked in to the moon inn motel and it was the last time
anyone heard from her there were 300 flyers made and posted across northern virginia and washington
dc the flyer also stated stephanie suffers from schizophrenia is in need of medications and may
need medical attention she is very vulnerable and gullible in her mental state authorities
see the poster and it prompts the investigators to head to california to collect dna samples
they confirm it's stephanie this wouldn't be anthony robinson's last victim another woman
was found and connected to anthony she's 40 years old and her name is sonya champ from washington dc
anthony's fifth known victim she was found in the 200 block of f street northeast in dc a few blocks
from union station on september 7 2021 she was found inside a shopping cart by someone passing by
they called 9-1-1 and sonya was pronounced dead she was only covered with a blanket and through
digital evidence it places anthony in the same area around the time of sonya's disappearance
sonya is described as a sweet person who kept to herself she loved being around family and
loved to help others her mom said i fell apart after i heard my daughter was dead it hurt a lot
a lot of crying a lot of sleepless nights i would like to talk to him
i really would just to see the type of person he was that you would take people's lives now
let's talk about the moon in motel where two of the women were known to have stayed it's
in alexandria virginia a place known for its old town and features historic architectures shops and
restaurants its waterfront and gas-lit cobblestone streets now according to the motel manager
anthony stayed there from september 19th to the 21st and then he returned from september 30th to
october 1st which lines up with the disappearance of cheyenne brown and stephanie harrison
the police mentioned he stayed there six times in total the manager described him as being very
quiet and the hotel manager is saying that it's getting very tough and no one wants to stay there
now from the outside it looks fairly decent but on the inside according to the reviews it's far
from that besides the fact that these women were murdered there it has a 2.7 rating for cleanliness
and overall you can see how many poor and terrible reviews there are and the reviews were actually
bad before the murders one of the reviews says terrible room is a dump went to walmart to get new
sheets bathroom was disgusting non-smoking rooms smelled like cigarettes only redeeming property
is that the staff is nice and price was not bad i do not recommend this place unless it is your only
option and since the murders some people were posting about the shopping cart killer in one
of them it says my room's wide doorway made it very convenient to roll my target cart in and out
and the other one said norman bates approved lovely setup as always it fulfills my needs
and my target shopping carts as for the killers luring the women from these dating sites someone
from crime stoppers was talking about this and talking about dating sites have a listen to what
he had to say the dark side of online dating apps or luring millions of women to perhaps obviously
what we're seeing is mortal danger right now there are no background checks we all know sex offenders
troll it you're essentially playing russian roulette with your life when you've divulge
personal information and continue to go out and meet people that you do not know it's almost like
it's it's a great it's like a toy store i want to be serial killers with an unlimited supply
chief davis of fairfax county police department said there is no doubt in my mind that these are
not the only women he's a predator as all serial killers are and it's our collective
effort in law enforcement to do everything we can with each other and with the community
to identify other places where he has been so we can bring closure and ultimately justice
he said thankfully he's incarcerated and it gives us the ability to work backwards while he's still
not out there killing the chief also said that he's planning to get to the bottom of this and
he believes that there's survivors still out there anthony was arrested in november shortly after the
first two women were found he was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and the charges
will continue to add up for him if there are more victims which from the sounds of it there are then
hopefully the families can get answers they need to make sure that this guy is put away for good
and never do this to another human being again the chief also said that's what worries us he didn't
suddenly turn into who he is three months ago it said that anthony has a remarkable absence of a
criminal history and he's had various jobs and addresses ranging from new york city to fairfax
virginia seems like anthony is skilled at keeping a secret and getting away with murder until now
anthony is currently in custody in the rockingham harrisonburg regional jail in virginia if you have
any information you can contact the fairfax police department's major crimes bureau at 703-246-7800
you can submit tips anonymously through crime solvers program
at 1-866-411-tips and the harrisonburg police department at 540-434-4436
or through their crime solvers anonymous tip line at
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see the poster and it prompts investigators to head to california to collect dam samples
first it's vehicles now it's a helicopter
a rare helicopter
oh look another helicopter a city in the shenandoah a city in the shenandoah shenandoah
a city in the shenandoah i can't say it and shows how a predator a predator bunk